2013 World Series of Poker › Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em

Brian Yoon Wins Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop ($663,727)

Posted 2013-07-07 GMT-8 • Level 32: 80,000-160,000, 20,000 ante

Brian Yoon

After just three hours of play here on Day 4 of Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop, Brian Yoon has defeated seven other competitors to take down the gold bracelet and $663,727 in prize money. He just knocked out Cuong Van Nguyen on the 11th hand of heads up. Van Nguyen will have to console himself with $408,624.

Player wasted no time jamming chips into the middle to start the day, when Van Nguyen doubled through Alex Case on the very first hand. Case was eliminated a short time later. Kevin O'Donnell followed just a few hands later in seventh. Joe Morneau busted sixth when he couldn't hold off Yoon's draw.

Yoon jammed another draw a short time later, this time against Day 3 chipleader Nghi Tran. He spiked his straight on the turn, propelling him to a dominating stack. A crippled Tran busted a short time later.

The players sparred four-handed for awhile before Yoon claimed another victim, ousting Justin Zaki in a flip. Roland Israelashvili fell the very next hand in third, leading to the short heads-up battle.

Yoon's win triples his career live tournament earnings. Thanks for tuning in to our One Drop coverage, and congratulations to Brian Yoon. Don't forget to jet on over to the live reporting for the Main Event.

Tags: Alex Case, Brian Yoon, Cuong Van Nguyen, Joe Morneau, Justin Zaki, Kevin O'Donnell, Nghi Tran, Roland Israelashvili.

Cuong Van Nguyen Eliminated in 2nd Place ($408,264)

Posted 2013-07-07 GMT-8 • Level 32: 80,000-160,000, 20,000 ante

Cuong Van Nguyen - 2nd Place

Hand #118: Cuong Van Nguyen raised to 450,000, and Brian Yoon shipped all in. Van Nguyen made the call for around 3 million.

Van Nguyen:
Yoon:

The flop came , and Yoon was suddenly a bit behind and in danger of being in an even-stacked heads-up match. The turn was a , which changed nothing.

"Seven!" yelled one of Van Nguyen's greedy railbirds. Instead, the river was the , and Yoon had spiked one of the cards he needed to take down the tournament.

Tags: Brian Yoon, Cuong Van Nguyen.

Yoon Getting Closer

Posted 2013-07-07 GMT-8 • Level 32: 80,000-160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #112: Cuong Van Nguyen shoved on the button and Brian Yoon folded his big blind

Hand #113: Brian Yoon raised to 325,000 on the button, Cuong Van Nguyen defended his big blind, then check-folded to a bet from Yoon on the flop.

Hand #114: Brian Yoon received a walk.

Hand #115: Brian Yoon raised to 325,000 on the button and Cuong Van Nguyen folded his big blind.

Hand #116: Brian Yoon received another walk.

Hand #117: Brian Yoon raised to 325,000 on the button and Cuong Van Nguyen defended his big blind. The flop came down and Van Nguyen check-called 350,000 from Yoon to see the turn. It was more of the same as Van Nguyen check-called 600,000 from Yoon this time, landing the river. Both checked and Yoon tabled for two pair, Van Nguyen mucked, and Yoon took down the pot.

Chip Counts
Brian Yoon		US	16,035,000	2,035,000
Cuong Van Nguyen		US	3,000,000	-2,000,000

Tags: Brian Yoon, Cuong Van Nguyen.

First Hands of Heads Up

Posted 2013-07-07 GMT-8 • Level 32: 80,000-160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #108: Cuong Van Nguyen moved all in, Brian Yoon folded.

Hand #109: Brian Yoon raised to 325,000, and Van Nguyen pushed all in again. Yoon folded.

Hand #110: Yoon again folded to an all in. This time, Van Nguyen showed .

Hand #111: Yoon raised to 325,000, and Van Nguyen continued his aggressive strategy with another shove. Yoon folded.

Tags: Brian Yoon, Cuong Van Nguyen.

Roland Israelashvili Eliminated in 3rd Place ($295,433)

Posted 2013-07-07 GMT-8 • Level 32: 80,000-160,000, 20,000 ante

Roland Israelashvili - 3rd Place

Hand #107: Brian Yoon raised to 325,000 in the cutoff (there was a dead small blind), and Roland Israelashvili jammed from the big blind for about 2.2 million. Yoon called.

Israelashvili:
Yoon:

The board ran out , and Israelashvili bowed out in third.

Chip Counts
Brian Yoon		US	14,035,000	1,535,000
Cuong Van Nguyen		US	5,000,000	1,200,000
Roland Israelashvili		US	Busted

Tags: Brian Yoon, Roland Israelashvili.

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Posted 2013-07-07 GMT-8 • Level 32: 80,000-160,000, 20,000 ante

Before the start of the WSOP, Doyle Brunson announced he would not play any events. He tells Kristy Arnett why he made that decision, and in the end, why he couldn't resist the $50,000 Poker Players Championship and the Main Event.

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Justin Zaki Eliminated in 4th Place ($218,771)

Posted 2013-07-07 GMT-8 • Level 32: 80,000-160,000, 20,000 ante

Justin Zaki - 4th Place

Hand #103: Roland Israelashvili received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #104: Brian Yoon received a walk in the big blind.

Hand #105: Roland Israelashvili shoved on the button for about 2.3 million and took down the pot.

Hand #106: Brian Yoon raised on the button to 325,000 and Justin Zaki three-bet to 850,000 from the big blind. Yoon four-bet shoved and Zaki called all in for about 3.4 million with , racing with Yoon's .

The flop came down , pairing Yoon and leaving Zaki drawing thin. The turn was no help to Zaki, nor was the river, ending his run in fourth place.

Tags: Brian Yoon, Justin Zaki.

Hands 95-102

Posted 2013-07-07 GMT-8 • Level 32: 80,000-160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #95: Brian Yoon took the pot with a preflop raise.

Hand #96: Justin Zaki raised to 325,000 from the button, and he took the pot.

Hand #97: Yoon raised to 350,000 from the small blind, and Cuong Van Nguyen came back with 1,050,000 in the big blind. Yoon let it go.

Hand #98: Yoon took it down with a raise to 350,000 from the button.

Hand #99: Zaki raised to 400,000 from the small blind. He won the pot.

Hand #100: Roland Israelashvili jammed from the small blind, and Yoon folded.

Hand #101: Yoon raised to 350,000 from the small blind, and Van Nguyen called him. The flop came , and Yoon took the pot with a continuation-bet of 350,000.

Hand #102: Zaki got a walk.

Approximate Chip Counts

Posted 2013-07-07 GMT-8 • Level 32: 80,000-160,000, 20,000 ante

Chip Counts
Brian Yoon		US	9,555,000	605,000
Cuong Van Nguyen		US	3,800,000	295,000
Justin Zaki		US	3,400,000	-350,000
Roland Israelashvili		US	2,300,000	-530,000

No Flops

Posted 2013-07-07 GMT-8 • Level 32: 80,000-160,000, 20,000 ante

Hand #87: Cuong Van Nguyen raised on the button and collected the blinds and antes.

Hand #88: Brian Yoon received a walk.

Hand #89: Brian Yoon raised to 350,000 in the small blind and took down the pot.

Hand #90: Cuong Van Nguyen raised to 460,000 from the small blind and earned the pot.

Hand #91: Brian Yoon raised to 325,000 in the cutoff and received no action.

Hand #92: Brian Yoon received a walk.

Hand #93: Brian Yoon raised to 350,000 in the small blind and took down the pot.

Hand #94: Roland Israelashvili shoved from the cutoff and received no action.